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Mark Harris:

--- Quote from: Warwick Joyce on March 07, 2012, 04:05:22 PM ---Mark, in the Barra scene this rainbow colour is referred to as Elton John colour :-* hahaha

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Now you got my imagination going. I am seeing two rainbow Shell Shaping Twister F5s as earrings on a drag queen at the Mardi Gras  ;D .

Tony Fowler:
I'm with Darren
Dark, dark, dark, or natural.    Blacks and blues.   Favourite is Black glow in FCL's from fishhead. or black/silver & blue/silver gamma's and bluefish
Even been known to spray paint some not so favorable coloured lures black. See tuna caught in Kiribati report. :D

Brandon Khoo:
I've got a couple of these in F5s, Mark.
I have got a couple of fish on them but haven't used them that much


--- Quote from: Mark Harris on March 07, 2012, 02:06:48 PM ---I mentioned Shell Shaping's striking rainbow spectrum colour in the original post.

I find this very attractive but have not caught a fish using the pattern yet. Has anyone else, or is this perhaps a good example of colours being for the angler rather than the fish?



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Graham Blackmore:
I do a lot of diving and was trained as a marine biologist.

For sure colours that we perceive at the surface are nothing like what a fish sees underwater.  Red is lost very quickly even in the clearest tropical waters.

For top water I think anglers are kidding themselves about colours - You can not see colour looking up to the surface against a light (any daylight) sky.  It would therefore be either light or dark - light being the colour that all natural fishes are if you look at there underside and dark probably giving more silhouette.

Colour is probably far more important to the angler with preferred lures fished more and therefore catching more and feeding the perception that colour is important.

Rob Langridge:
When it comes to colour of lures i for one have asked a lot of good fisherman if fish see colour. As i was of the opinion they were colour blind. I did a bit of research on the matter and the best bit of info i came across was this from a Zoology or Animal Biology report. Zoology is the branch of biology that is concerned with the study of animals. The life, growth and classification of fauna in all living forms.

Q: How do fish see..?

A: Fish have eyes just like humans, but they also have protective film over them so that they can see clearly underwater. They have rod and cone cells on their retinas, so we know that they can see in colour as well as in shades of grey, and that they have some level of night vision. Fish have the same chemicals in their eyes which allow humans to see colours, so they can see the seven colour spectrum that we see. They also have another chemical in their eyes which allows them to see some ultra-violet frequencies as well.

In addition to their eyes fish also have what is called a lateral line. A lateral line is a thin, horizontal line of nerve receptors on each side of the fish that runs from head to tail. Using its lateral line, a fish can sense even the smallest of vibrations in the water and is able to determine objects around them before they even see it. Most fish that live far underwater rely almost entirely on their lateral line because it is so dark that their eyes are more of light sensors, rather than a visual tool.

I am now of the opinion that fish do see colour.

Cheers Rob

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